Nebulized Tranexamic Acid for Hemoptysis

Authors

  • Veerle Leenaerts

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17140/EMOJ-6-156

Abstract

Hemoptysis is a common symptom in the emergency department. It is defined as the expectoration of blood originating from the tracheobronchial tree or lung parenchyma. It is a symptom of diverse respiratory diseases such as lung cancer, infections and vasculitis.

References

Larici AR, Franchi P, Occhipinti M, Contegiacomo A, del Ciello A, Calandriello L, et al. Diagnosis and management of hemoptysis. Diagn Interv Radiol. 2014; 20: 299-309. doi: 10.5152/dir.2014.13426

Komura S, Rodriguez RM, Peabody CR. Hemoptysis? Try in-haled tranexamic acid. J Emerg Med. 2018; 54(5): e97-e99. doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2018.01.029

Wand O, Guber E, Guber A, Shochet GE, Israeli-Shani L, Shritrit D. Inhaled tranexamic acid for hemoptysis treatment. A randomized controlled trial. Chest. 2018; 154(6): 1379-1384. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2018.09.026

Modi R, Chu A. Inhaled tranexamic acid in vasculitis-induced massive hemoptysis. Chest. 2019; 156(4): A1315. doi: 10.1016/j. Mini Review | Volume 6 | Number 1 | Emerg Med Open J. 2020; 6(1): 6-8. doi: 10.17140/EMOJ-6-156 chest.2019.08.1179

Solomonov A, Fruchter O, Zuckerman T, Brenner B, Yigla M. Pulmonary hemorrhage: A novel mode of therapy. Respir Med. 2009; 103(8): 1196-2000. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2009.02.004

Hankerson MJ, Raffetto B, Mallon WK, Shoenberger JM. Nebu-lized tranexamic acid as a noninvasive therapy for cancer-related hemoptysis. J Palliat Med. 2015; 18(12): 1060-1062. doi: 10.1089/ jpm.2015.0167

Patel M, Abbas F, Sheppard T. Hemoptysis controlled with the use of inhaled tranexamic acid: A case series. Crit Care Med. 2016; 44(12S): 1887. Submit your article to this journal | https://openventio.org/submit-manuscript/ Mini Review | Volume 6 | Number 1 | Leenaerts V

Bernardo E, Anders M, Schmees L, Resendiz K. Inhaled tranexamic acid for pulmonary hemorrhage in critically ill pediatric patients. Crit Care Med. 2018; 47(1S): 1202.

Ng BH, Faisal AH, Soo CI, Andrea YL. Inhaled tranexamic acid: an alternative treatment for active hemoptysis. Chest. 2019; 155(4S): 74A. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2019.02.348

Alabdrabalnabi F, Alshahrani M, Ismail N. Nebulized tranexam-ic acid for recurring hemoptysis in critically ill patients: Case series. Int J Emerg Med. 2020; 13(1): 45. doi: 10.1186/s12245-020-00304-x

Calvo GS, De Grande-Orive I, Padilla DL. Inhaled tranexamic acid as an alternative for hemoptysis treatment. Chest. 2016; 149(2): 604. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2015.10.016

Downloads

Published

2020-12-01

How to Cite

Veerle Leenaerts. (2020). Nebulized Tranexamic Acid for Hemoptysis. Emergency Medicine, 6(1), 6–8. https://doi.org/10.17140/EMOJ-6-156

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2020): Volume 6 Issue 1 2020

Section

Articles

License

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

All content published in Emergency Medicine (EM) is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). This license allows anyone to copy, distribute, transmit, and adapt the work — including for commercial purposes — provided appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and source.